[Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 373, Issue 5

[Barry Allen]

Hi Guys,

I'm starting to think it may be a hardware problem too. Does the live CD create a temp file on the hard disk to use a bit like swap space? I noticed my hard disk light was running when I tried to boot from the live CD. Could be just checking what hardware is available but noticed it was on during the startup until it shutdown again.

I got hold of a copy of the new knoppix 6.4 by buying a linux mag (linux user I think) but no joy same as Ubuntu 8.04. it is a double sided DVD and has fedora 14 on the other side so will give it a try too. 

Thanks for the help Duncan. Will keep you informed.

Cheers


Barry

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> From: Duncan Fyfe <djf at star.le.ac.uk>
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> Barry Allen wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > Thank you for more suggestions and I'll try them as
> soon as I can. Only problem now is the PC is "initiating
> shutdown" about a minute after it says its starting up. This
> happens both when booting from the live CD and the hard
> disk.
> > 
> > Thanks to all who have helped out and I'll keep you
> informed of my progress once I get my over-sized paper
> weight to boot.
> > 
> hmmm, this is beginning to sound like a hardware problem.
> It would be worth trying a different distro live CD (eg.
> Fedora core 14).
> All distros modify the vanilla linux kernel. 
> Sometimes, if you are
> unlucky (and I have been), they do something that goes
> horribly wrong
> on your hardware.  Since different distros patch the
> kernel differently
> it is worth trying one to see if that overcomes the
> problem.
> 
> Have fun,
> Duncan
> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:50:59 +0000
> From: Sergiusz Pawlowicz <sergiusz at pawlowicz.name>
> Subject: [Nottingham] [apache... wave]
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> It's official: Google Wave is now Apache Wave.
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> http://mashable.com/2010/12/06/apache-wave/
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> S.
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